Bo Andersen wrote:
> Enhedsbetegnelsen for liter er[L] (Med stort)
> og dermed milliliter [mL]
> som igen udvides til f.eks. milliliter per time [mL/h]
>
> Påstand 2:
> Samme som ovenstående dog med lille [l]
> milliliter [ml]
Iflg. Dansk Sprognævn og retskrivningsordbogen er forkortelsen for liter med
lille l:
http://www.dsn.dk/cgi-bin/ordbog/ronet?S.x=0&S.y=0&M=1&P=l
Men se nu:
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/symbol.html
"There is a tradition in the metric system is that the first (or only)
letter of an unprefixed unit symbol is capitalized if (and only if) the
unit's name comes from a proper name. Thus W is the symbol for the watt and
A is the symbol for the ampere, because these units are named for
scientists. It makes a big difference whether a symbol is capitalized or
not, because often the same letter represents different units: t stands for
the tonne and T for the tesla, for example. There is one loophole in the
rule on capitalization: it's acceptable to use the symbol L instead of l for
the liter, since the letter l is so easily confused with the number 1."
Hvem har egentlig det sidste ord, når det handler om SI-enheder? Jeg mener
at kunne huske navnet "International Bureau of Standards", men en googling
giver ingen umiddelbart brugbare links.
/steen